Welcome to the website for the Ph.D. program in geography and urban regional analysis at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Our doctoral program is new. Indeed, it was approved in May 2006 and we admitted nine students for the Fall semester, 2006.

Our program is positioned in a growing, applied-oriented, research university, situated in one of the nation’s most dynamic urban regions. Intentionally, we have focused our doctoral studies around the intersection of geographic information science and urban-metropolitan processes. As you review the website, we hope that you will gain a fuller understanding of the objectives and framework for this program; the wide array of facilities and technologies available to students; and, who we are and our interests as a graduate faculty.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me or any other geography faculty member if you have any questions about the Ph.D. program in geography and urban regional analysis at UNC Charlotte. As you make your plans for doctoral work, we hope that you will consider our program.

Best wishes,
Owen J. Furuseth, Ph.D., AICP
Director, Ph.D. Program in Geography and
Urban Regional Analysis